Game board



June 10, 1941. H. F. BRAYMILLER Erm. 2,244,762 Y GAME BOARD Filed Aug. 1, 1939 ATTO NEYS Patented June 10, 1941 STATES PATENT Jos-Fics BOARD rHoward" E; Braymiller and Nellie F; Braymiller,

' Orchard Park, N Y.

Application-August 1, 1933,-Serial- Nfl-.91,846

' 2 Claims.

.l Qur Vinvention i 'relates i in general `to vgame identifying-characteristics,l having. for its object to move ones-.men;.from fthefhome. area of one 4of said elds to the home: area ofv anopponents field. liurtherrnore;. our .game board is of the type'where'men are.'` moved from'one area to another overvlines: in derxitel predescribed'. manner l`andwhereplayers may jump v'their ownmen or .theinopponents menwithout removing from `the board .the Amen l which; have been jumped.

The principal obiectof` ourinventionv has been toI provide a game board of this y natureinwhich 'i allA of, vthe menlof 4each;player:in reaching hisy opponentsf fieldxmustcpass over orthrough a .frestrictedz. area identified by Ia iceritralflyV arranged :entry: spot;y which. :may actzas resting.` place Afor only;oneof :the men ata time.

.i Another` objecthas; been to' provide a boardv for ai. game` which maybeJ played `.with interest by a"V nervice;` but '.whichfisagsuflicientlyf scientific to be.; amusing-.and-.interesting to4 a. mature player.

. Thel above objectsand advantages have been Laceomplishedby .the game` board` shown ,in .the

accompanying drawing; 'of` which:

Fig 1 is-y aplan'viewv off oungame board;

jlig.-` 2 is a perspective view: of --oneof: the.. diafmond-shapedr'men used V:upon the. game board;

- and 3.1s` a -fragmentaryplan view of a modied formv ofzgamaboard.

.Our board -I'mhasfits surface divided into the f .playing eldsmthe numberand position of which `dependsupon the number" of players for `which the board is designed. In the .drawing we show 4,the board designed to be played by two or fou1,players,2and`it.;is':o'bvious that the board may be designed for any number of playersj without departing from the spirit of our invention.

As shown in the drawing, there are four playing fields Il, I2, I3 and I4, arranged preferably in pairs. These iields are preferably diamondshaped and extend radially from a centrally arranged entry spot I5 to which they are adjacent. Each of the playing fields is preferably of a different color, and for purposes of illustration We have indicated the fields II, I2, I3 and I4 as being red, green, blue and yellow, respectively. Obviously this selection of colors has nothing to do with the playing of the game, and any other suitable colors may be used.

ferred to as thehome area.

Across the surface of each ofthe playing fields there is a plurality of intersecting lines I9 and 20 which are arranged preferably parallelto the sides 2| and 22, and 23and24 of thefllelds respectively. Atthe points of 'intersection offthese lines with each `other andv at they points Where they terminate at the sides 2I,22, 23 and 24 landing spots 25 andf26 are arranged The lines I9 and 20 and the bounding lines'2I, 22, 23and 24 indicate Vthe normal paths over which a player `may move his men. Extending laterally across each of -the diamondfshaped playing fieldsis a 'line 2l which is arranged'preferably fon the minor axis of the field. This'rline maybe used in the playing of the'garne and will be laterdescribed. Parallel to-gthis-line is anothenline 28 which is arranged preferablyy toward theouter end of Vthediamond-shaped field and at a# point where itwill intersect a` lateral row of `landing spots 26. The area enclosed by this line` 28. and by the lines 22 and 24 will hereinafter bere- Our game is preferably played with a plurality of diamond-shaped Ymen 35, -one of which is shown in Fig. 2. The number of these men, for

each player, is preferably ten` and corresponds to the number of spots 26. within and upon the lines bounding eachA of thehome areas'.

So as to identify the. spots 26lover eachhome area, upon which each player initially placesvhis vmen, from the spots 25 over the remainder of the playing eld, the spots 4Z are solid color and the spots 25 are preferably open circles. In Fig. 1 wehave -shown the men placed-upon the home areas of two opposingplaying iieldsV and in positions tostart the game.

`The board .IU is preferably provided with a decorative border'3I, and it may be otherwise decorated -by 4having asquare-shaped varea. 32 enclosing `the inner portions ofV the .diamondshaped playing elds. This area is bounded preferably by a border 33 which, if desired, may extend around the outer ends of the diamondshaped fields, forming a border 34.

While we have shown the playing elds of diamond shape, it is obvious that the lines bounding the inner ends thereof may be extended substantially to the outer edges of the board, as shown in Fig. 3, where the board is represented at 35 and the playing fields at 36. Each of these iields is triangular inshape having its base 46 near the edge of the board and its apex meeting and joining the apex of another triangular eld at a centrally arranged entry spot 3l. In a game board having this modified layout more men are required than in the other form but the game is played in the same manner as in that form. Interspaced parallel lines 38 and 39 eX- tend from the sides 4i) and 4|, respectively, of each triangle, being parallel, respectively, with the sides 4| and 40. At the points where these lines intersect and at the points where they terminate at the lines 40, 4| and 46, spots 42 and 43 are provided. A line 44 is provided on the playing eld and is preferably parallel with the base line 46 of the triangle which, together with a portion of the lines 40 and 4|, enclose the home area of the playing eld of this form of invention. This line is arranged across a lateral row of spots 43. The spots 43 over the home area are of solid color, and all of the other spots, over the remainder of the playing field are preferably open circles. A line 45 may also be placed upon each of the triangle-shaped elds at some point between the line 44 and the apex of the field on which certain plays may be made, as hereinafter described.

The gameY played upon our board may be played by two or four players and as indicated in Fig. 1 We have shown the game prepared for the use of two players. The red player has placed his men 30 upon the solid spots 26 of the home area of his playing field Il, and the blue player has placed his men 30 upon the solid spots 26 of the home area of his playing eld I3. In playing the game, it is the ultimate goal of each player to place all his men upon the Vsolid. spots 26 of his opponents home area, and the player who first swcceeds in doing this i-s the winner of the game. In doing so each player may move only forwardly upon the lines i9 and 20 toward the opponen't.s home area, the exception being that when .either players men rest upon one oi the lines 21 or 28 of either playing field he can move that particular man laterally in either direction on either of these lines. Obviously, each player in his turn moves but one spot, except in cases where he jumps anotherman, either his own or his opponents. During such jump the man jumped is allowed to remain in his spot and is not removed from the board. As the players approach fthe inner end of each diamond-shaped playing field, they are brought toward the centrally arranged entry spot over which they must pass in order to get into the opponents playing field, and finally to his home area. A man placed upon this entry spot may be jumped by his opponent if his men are so positioned that such a play is possible, but` a player may not remain on this spot more than one turn. It is a rule of our game that no player may block the game at the entry spot I5, thereby making it possible for any player in proper position to pass such spot, either by landing thereon in one play or by jumping over his opponents man if it occupies the entry spot. The player who gets his men over this entry spot and who is the rst to reach his opponents home area and place all of his men in the solid spots 26 of such area is the winner of the game.

Obviously, some modifications of our game board as shown and described may be made without departing from the spirit of-our invention or the scope of the appended claims, and We do not, therefore, wish to be limited to the exact embodiment herein shown and described, the game board shown being merely the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. A game board of the class described having a playing diagram thereon consisting of oppo site pairs of diamond-shaped playing fields, the elds being symmetrically arranged about the center of the board with their axes' at right angles to each other and having their triangularlyvshaped inner ends independently interspaced and meeting and joining only in a one man blocking point constitutingthe only path of communication between one eld and another field, a plurality of interspaced, intersecting lines extending over each playing eld, a landing spot at each intersection for positioning a play piece, and each field, having a home area with an identification landing spot at each of the intersections of the lines of said area for the initial placement of the play pieces and for' the nal placement of an o-pponents play pieces.

2. A game board of the class described having a playing diagram thereon consisting of opposite pairs of diamond-shaped playing elds, the fields being symmetrically arranged about the center of the board with their axes at right angles to each other and having their triangularly-shaped inner ends independently interspaced and meeting and joining only in a one man blocking point constituting the only path of communication between one field and another field, a plurality of interspaced, intersecting lines extending over each playing eld, a landing spot at each intersection for positioning a play piece, each eld having a home area with an identication landing spot at each of the intersections of the lines of said area for the initial placement of the play pieces and for the nal placement of an opponents play pieces, and one lateral line bounding one side of the home area on which a player may move on the eld in a lateral direction, said lateral line being obliquely arranged with respect to the interspaced lines and passing through a series of points of intersections of said interspaced lines. t

HOWARD E. BRAYMILLER. NELLIE F. BRAYMILLER. 

